Hi guys,
	I'm sorry I've been away so long. I had fairly major eye surgery
Tuesday morning, and I'm just now starting to get things back together and
get back to my e-mail.
	Marcus' IP upload slave works quite handily for netbooting a
Dreamcast kernel. I wrote a nice page on doing that a while ago and posted
it to the list, but I guess it got lost in the static. The page is at

http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html

	The only thing you'll need to get your Dreamcast to netboot a
kernel will be the IP upload slave CD and stuff and a dhcp server, along
with the other stuff necessary to get your Dreamcast to live on nfs-based
file systems.
	There's been a whole bunch of activity on the list while I was
away. I'm going to have to read back through and see what I missed. If the
kernel autoloader stuff I just posted was already discussed and dismissed
due to a better way being found/desired, sorry.

Thanks,
Josh

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Alex Kirk wrote:

> Andy,
>
> I feel your pain about netboot. Those manuals/FAQs aren't much help.
>
> > and the current doc doesn't do much to help.
>
> By the current doc, do you mean the updated one that got posted around 1
> p.m. EST today? Or the old one? If it's the new one, what could I do to make
> it more accessible?
>
> > o Overview of netbooting the dreamcast (what is needed
> > to start in general)
> > o Setting up NFS server
> > o Setting up DHCP
>
> Methinks you're talking about the old once, since I believe I covered the
> above topics in the new HOWTO.
>
> > o How the kernel needs to be configured to netboot
> > (not really relevant if they download a kernel, but
> > useful to know)
>
> *I* would still like to know about that. Anyone who has a clue here -- help!
>
> > o How to netboot with a kernel loader instead of a
> > "boot disk" with a kernel already on it (I think Izumi
> > is working on this).
>
> I think that'll be added once Izumi's got that in place.
>
> >
> > I'm willing to help.
>
> Gracias. You've already been good at making suggestions -- keep them coming,
> that's the best help you can give a writer.
>
> Alex Kirk
>